Today I earned my 100 Days Award for reaching my Daily Move Goal.
Category: Personal
It was a lot of hard work, and a few days I thought I would not make it, but I pushed through and earned a Perfect Month and the Challenge for March.
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March Challenge 2018
So my Apple Watch sent me a notification.
All I need to do is increase my daily energy burn by 41%. Sure… no problem. Good think I am hiking this weekend at White Clay Creek State Park with our Boy Scout Troop. We are practicing “leave no trace camping” and the “BEAR-muda triangle”. Our hike will cover 15 miles in two days.
Looking forward to our summer trip to Philmont!
It is not with great sadness that I say goodbye to my Comcast Home Phone service. The service was good, in fact, I can only think of two-time the service was out, and that was due to traffic accidents. The only people who called the home phone was my parents and telemarketers. I have a hard time justifying the price of the phone service and the monthly rental of the modem to receive calls from people I didn’t know.
Now all I have is Internet service from Comcast. I dumped cable television about 1.5 years ago, and nobody in the house misses it. We watch Netflix and a few things on Apple TV. Someday I’ll install a HD antenna in the attic for local channels.
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Binge Watching Babylon 5
Tonight I’ve finished watching all 5 seasons of Babylon 5 on go90.com. Babylon 5 was one of my favorite shows I started watching when we first moved to Wilmington, Delaware back in 1994. Babylon 5 was different from Star Trek; it was entertaining to watch and to see what Londo Mollari was getting into with the Shadows.
There are several clips on YouTube from Babylon 5, and here are a few of my favorites.
Babylon 5: Centuari attack on Narn
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Going Backpacking After 32 Years
When I was much younger, I was in Cub Scouts and then joined Boy Scout Troop 293 in North Huntingdon, PA. I went on many hiking and camping trips until I was about 16, and then quit because I had a driver’s license, a girl friend, and wanted to make money.
Fast-forward to 2008, my son joined Cub Scout Pack 86 in Wilmington, DE. He did pretty well in Cub Scouts and was looking forward to joining Boy Scouts. We scouted around and joined Troop 660 in Wilmington, DE. It is a great troop, we enjoy going on all the camping trips, participating in the Klondike Derby, and other activities. I am happy to say my son is doing well with Boy Scouts and should ear his Star Rank in the next week.
So what does that have to do with backpacking? We are going to Philmont Scout Ranch in 2018. With that in mind, I figured it was time to start training. After all it’s been 32 years since I’ve gone on a backpacking trip. I don’t own a backpack. So I started some research and had to get fitted. The folks at REI did a great job helping my son and I with choosing backpacks. I ended up with a REI Traverse 70. There were a lot of customers today, so weights were scarce. Let’s just say adding 25 pounds to your back for the first time in 32 years is a bit of an eye opener.
Time to start the training! I took my backpack out for a spin at Carousel Park Farm for a hike. I didn’t load it with too much with stuff. I started easy to get a feel of the pack. What I like about Carousel Park is the different terrain you come across. Grass fields for part of a path then a turn and you’re into the woods with trees and roots to watch for. Part of the path had gravel and driveway stone.
I hiked 3.4 miles in about 76 minutes and survived! WOOT! I’m sure those numbers are terrible, but I was pleased with my first attempt. A buddy of mine told me about a few more places I should look at to practice hiking before our week-long trek in July.
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January Sunrise
I didn’t notice the sunrise until I pulled into the office parking lot this morning. It made me wish I was off today and out with my GoPro to capture a sunrise time lapse.
Bought a bag of my favorite M&M’s last night to help me through the long work day. That is all.
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